Freethought Radio analyzes Barack Obama’s controversial decision to rename and expand Bush’s faith-based initiative,” using clips from his announcement this week. It also interviews southern activist Pat Cleveland, who is …
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Faith-Based Initiative Should Be Abolished, Not Renamed
FFRF Protests Pious One-Upmanship by Political Candidates The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), today condemned Barack Obama’s “gratuitous” pandering and his pledge …
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Asks District Attorney to Prosecute Village of Holmen Officials over Star Hill Sweetheart Deal
FFRF Pursues Open Meetings Violation (Madison, Wis.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the La Crosse County District Attorney to prosecute officials of the Village of Holmen who engaged …
Freethought Radio – June 28, 2008
Jim McCollum, who at age 10 became the center of a huge legal battle against religious instruction in the public schools, talks about the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court …
State/Church Watchdog Asks AG to Investigate, Enjoin Sale of Holmen Star Hill Site
Cites Open Meetings Violations The Wisconsin Attorney General is being asked to immediately investigate a suspected open meetings violation by the Village of Holmen, Wis., and to enjoin its sale …
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Letter to the Attorney General
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Wisconsin Department of Justice P.O. Box 7857 Madison WI 53707-7857 Dear Attorney General: I am writing on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation to …
Freethought Radio – June 21, 2008
Elissa Wall, author of Stolen Innocence,” talks about being married against her will at age 14 to an adult in her polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints community in Utah. Wall …
Watchdog Asks Wisconsin Assembly to Stop Praying
Legislators Sermonize, Pray to Jesus, Cast Out “Evil One” on Assembly Floor (Madison, Wis.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national watchdog working to keep church and state separate, has …
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FFRF Asks Immigration Office to Drop Religious Oath for Naturalized Citizens
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to drop mention of a deity from its “Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens.” The national state/church …
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